Creating or Changing a Master Inspection Characteristic

Prerequisites

If you want to change a master inspection characteristic with history, you must have set the relevant indicator in Customizing.

Procedure

Proceed as follows:

To...	Choose	On the initial screen, enter the following data:
Create a new master inspection characteristic	Logistics Quality Management Quality Planning Basic Data Inspection Characteristic Create	Plant Name of master inspection characteristic (optional) Valid from Name of a class characteristic (optional) Reference data (optional)
Create a new validity period (version) for an existing master inspection characteristic	Logistics Quality Management Quality Planning Basic Data Inspection Characteristic Create Version	Plant Name of master inspection characteristic Valid from Reference data (optional)
Change an existing master inspection characteristic	Logistics Quality Management Quality Planning Basic Data Inspection Characteristic Change	Plant Name of master inspection characteristic Key date
Display an existing master inspection characteristic	Logistics Quality Management Quality Planning Basic Data Inspection Characteristic Display	Plant Name of master inspection characteristic Key date Version of master inspection characteristic to be displayed

Choose Master inspection characteristic.

The general data screen for the master inspection characteristic appears.

When creating a master inspection characteristic, define the characteristic type (quantitative or qualitative characteristic), or in the Preset indicators field, enter a control key that has already been defined in Customizing.

Note Note

You cannot change the characteristic type if you:

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Change the master inspection characteristic without history and the master inspection characteristic is linked to a class characteristic
Change the master inspection characteristic without history and the master inspection characteristic is referenced in a task list or in a material specification
Use a control key, for which the Indicator fixed indicator has been set

Enter a short text, a long text if required, and a search field, set the required status, and choose Control indicators.

The system displays different dialog boxes for editing the control indicators for the master inspection characteristic, depending on the characteristic type that you have previously defined.

Edit the control indicators and choose Continue.

The general data screen for the master inspection characteristic reappears.

If necessary, enter the following additional information:

Internal characteristic ID

In this field, you can enter an additional characteristic description. This description identifies a characteristic during the electronic exchange of characteristic values.

Authorization group
Inspector qualification
Fraction calculation
Characteristic weighting
Info fields (purely informative data for the master inspection characteristic)
Quantitative data (for example, target value, plausibility limits, specification limits)

Note Note

In the screen area Administrative data, the validity of the master inspection characteristic, the creator, creation date, and, if available, the person who made the changes and the change date.

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Save your data.

Note Note

If you change a master inspection characteristic that is referenced in a task list and you have made this change without history, the changes are also included in the task list, since the system does not create a new master inspection characteristic version in the change procedure.

However, if you change the master inspection characteristic with history, the system creates a new version with the same validity period. In this case, the changes are not included in the task list, since this contains the old version of the master inspection characteristic. You can make settings in Customizing at client level to trigger the replacement function automatically when a master inspection characteristic is saved.

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Additional Functions on the General Data Screen for the Master Inspection Characteristic

Function	Menu Path/Pushbutton	Additional Information
Displaying the time axis	Time axis pushbutton	You can display a list of all valid versions of the master inspection characteristic (in chronological order, according to validity). From the list, you can display the version you require.
Displaying the field history	Field history pushbutton	You can display the change history for a field. If you made changes to a master record without history, the system displays only the current entry in the field. If, however, you made the changes with history, the system lists all changes with the name of the user who changed the field, the date the field was changed, and all the previous values of the field.
Creating/changing the long text	Create/change long text pushbutton	You can create or change a long text for the master inspection characteristic.
Editing other languages	Other languages pushbutton	You can create, change, or display the short text for the master inspection characteristic in other languages.
Editing the sample-drawing text	Sample-drawing text pushbutton	You can create, change, or display a sample-drawing text for the master inspection characteristic in several languages.
Editing quantitative data	Quantitative data pushbutton	You can create, change, or display additional quantitative data.
Editing the classification	Classification pushbutton	You can classify master inspection characteristics, to systematically define, search for, and reuse master inspection characteristics.
Assigning Inspection methods	Inspection methods pushbutton	You can assign inspection methods to the master inspection characteristic.
Assigning Catalogs	Catalogs pushbutton	You can assign code groups or selected sets to the master inspection characteristic.
Completion check	List field	If you select the option Complete copy model or Reference characteristic, the system checks if the master inspection characteristic was completely maintained. The data that you need to enter depends on the control indicator settings in the master inspection characteristic. You can copy or create a reference to a reference characteristic. You can only copy a complete copy model. An incomplete copy model can only be copied to a task list. For master inspection characteristics that are linked to a class characteristic, the system automatically sets the entry Reference characteristic, which cannot be changed.
Displaying a class characteristic	Environment Display class characteristic	You can display the data for a class characteristic that is linked to the master inspection characteristic.
Displaying a material specification	Environment Material specification usage	You can display a list of all material specifications that use the master inspection characteristic. From this list, you can display data in individual material specifications.
Displaying a certificate profile	Environment Certificate profile usage	You can display a list of all certificate profiles that use the master inspection characteristic or class characteristic. From this list, you can display individual certificate profiles.